The problem with working the murderers and rapist is useually there custody grade. They typically have really long sentances, so it is an extremely high liabilty to put them out on the roads in public. No politicians would put there neck out for that. That would be considered endangering the public. Another problem is all the liberal, crying bleeding hearts, claiming cruel and unusual punishment against those poor little murdering/ rapist!!
Where I work, we still have some so called chain gangs. They are minimum security Inmates that work on DOT squads, farm projects and roadside cleaning. We do not have nearly enough though.
Most of you have no idea how liberal the US Prison systems have become. It has gotten ridiculous!! You should hear some of the shit we get sued about. ( Death Row Inmate sues us because he did not have enough P nut butter on his sandwich). Crazy shit like this gets to court all the time and ends up costing the tax payers millions of dollars in legal fees.
Right now in my prison we are taking two death row Inmates to a cancer center 1 hour away for daily treatments. These treatments cost several thousand dollars daily. The average citizen can not get this kind of treatment.
I could go on and on but I will just get pissed and I don't want to bore you all.